goodridge_winners Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 In my opinion, I find MANY of the Beethoven Piano sonatas full of incredible brilliance and exurberance, but then I think of the Sonata's of Choin as well and and therefore stuck on which is more better. Like many other posts, this is a thread to find out what YOU think in YOUR opinion is the most Powerful sonata ever written. Now, you can either scroll down and post a response, or read what more i have to say about the word 'powerful'. For those who like to contradict: By powerful, I dont mean loudest and most technically demanding. Power can be interpreted in SO many different ways. To me, I find power as something that can grip anyone and hold them there, forcing them to do everything they desire...like BDSM :O ok maybe not. To someone else, power may mean the ability to create emotions in another being with no, or little effort. So yes. Think about how you think of Power, and then apply it to a sonata. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSC Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 I really can't think of an example, since piano sonatas aren't exactly my type of thing. Scriabin did a bunch of nice ones, but uh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finrod Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 hmmmm.... the main ones I know are only Beethoven and Mozart... so I'd have to go with something like The Waldstein or the Appasionata. I have heard one by Liszt and it wasn't too bad but can't remember which one it was. All Beethoven's Pathetique is quite good - although not as technically difficult as the other ones I mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujimufu Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Liszt's sonata is incredible, and so is Berg's :) I find them much more fulfilling than any Beethoven sonata, although it's not fair to compare them, as they belong to different genres (it would be totally unfair to compare a Barber sonata to a Scarlatti sonata, for example...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSC Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Most comparisons are silly, honestly. :x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujimufu Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Well, I am better in comparisons than you >_> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSC Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Well, I am better in comparisons than you >_> Ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JairCrawford Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Hammerklavier :toothygrin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Mozart - A minor, and C minor (WITH the fantastia before) Beethoven - the late C minor one in 2 movements (#31?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Gently Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 That's his 32nd Sonata, his last one....the one with the "boogie-woogie variation" in the second movement :P. Great piece :D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Yeah, that one. It's great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voce Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 I think Bartok's Piano Sonata is a very gripping piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik Mikas Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Most powerful, perhaps Alkan's large one. I forget the exact title, I think it's just "Grand Sonata" or something. It's in four movements and each has an age assigned to it. (I think Liszt did something similar before or after, cannot recall. Anyways, Alkan's is better.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Gorrick Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 The most powerful Sonata depends on how heavy the piano is and how big the person is you drop it on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik Mikas Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 You aren't by any chance a Jazz musician, are you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Gorrick Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 You aren't by any chance a Jazz musician, are you? no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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